
Provide practical, foundational wine knowledge to answer key questions at tastings or while hosting a house party, with top tips, tricks, and fun facts for beginners.
Explore how grape varietals, terroir, and winemaking choices, including fermentation, aging, oak, harvest timing, and selections, shape why wines taste distinct.
Master the basics of wine tasting by observing color and legs, smelling aromas from primary to tertiary, judging flavor and structure, including why spitting helps pace tastings.
Champagne is a specific sparkling wine from a defined French AOC region about 75,000 acres east of Paris; other sparkling wines like prosecco and moscato are not champagne.
Compare old world wines, typically European, with new world wines, noting stylistic differences and how winemakers blur boundaries over time.
Learn region by region to up your wine game by tasting two to four top varietals per region side by side, developing your palate with cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir.
Learn to pick wine at grocery stores or restaurants by considering occasion, price, and food pairing; consult staff, prefer bottle over glass, and read labels for varietals and regions.
Discover wine pairing basics by comparing matching flavors with similar tasting notes and contrast pairing to offset bold foods; consider fats, salts, spices, sugars, and acids to craft balanced matches.
It is so hard to know what glassware to stock your cupboards with or which wine glass you should use to serve which wine. This lesson will help you learn the secrets.
Learn practical wine storage tips for unopened bottles, temperature and humidity, minimal light, and keeping bottles low to the ground, plus how long opened wines last and when to refrigerate.
Wine is a big deal. Join celebrity sommelier, Ryan Vet as he takes you on a journey through the basics of wine in this Wine 101 course. The United States alone consumes almost 1 billion gallons of wine a year and wine consumption is growing at a rapid rate. In this wine crash course, we tackle some of the most basic building blocks of wine and answer some of the most common questions. Whether you are just exploring the world of wine or want to be a bit more educated with a few facts about vino, this course is for you.
If you want to learn wine pairing basics or figure out which glass to use for what type of wine, this course is for you. With fast paced lectures, you will learn the top 10 thing you need to know to up your wine game in a significant way. After this course, you will be equipped with some tips and tricks to buy the best bottle for your money and impress your friends with some fancy wine terms in the process. Plus, you’ll know how to pour the right wine into the right glass.
If you already have a bit of a wine foundation or if you are pursuing a wine certification such as WSET, CMS or CSW, check out our other courses. This Wine 101 course contains basic wine tips and insights for everyday wine consumption.